Granada is expected to reveal improved profits of around £450 million, when it announces its full year figures on Wednesday. There will also be interim reports for GWR, Cable and Wireless and Southnews Plc later in the week.A new black tabloid newspaper called New Nation hits the newsstands today. Delayed from last week the internet… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Radio Advertising Bureau has recruited Rupert Steele, UK media research manager at Leo Burnett, to expand and develop its Media Planning Services division and drive forward the media planning function offered to agencies.The division acts as a confidential and impartial help desk to assist media departments in investigating radio opportunities and planning effective radio… Continue reading New Head For RAB’s Media Planning Services
General Cable, the fifth largest cable operator in the UK, experienced increased losses in the nine months to the end of September, reaching £19.1 million compared to £14.8m last year, while revenues increased and churn decreased from 31% to 23%.As with most cable companies at present, most of General Cable’s losses were attributable to the… Continue reading General Cable Losses Worsen
The Channel Television group, Channel Islands Communications, has announced pre-tax profits for the six months to September of £653,000, which is the best first half trading performance in the company’s history.Group chairman Major John Riley referred to strong growth in local ad revenue and said that overall turnover is up 12% on the same period… Continue reading Channel TV Posts Record Results
According to press reports BSkyB is in talks with HSBC, the banking group that owns Midland Bank, regarding a joint deal which would offset some of the costs of digital satellite TV.It is believed that the plans involve BSkyB offering banking services via its satellite system in return for subsidies to its set-top decoding box.… Continue reading BSkyB Talks To Bank Over Digital Deal
Cable and satellite programming group Flextech this morning announced that turnover for the third quarter was £20.9 million, an increase of 146% on the same period last year. Losses also decreased, falling from £5.7m to £3.8m.The increased turnover reflects the acquisition of Home Shopping Network Direct in March while most of the losses were incurred… Continue reading Flextech Turnover Increases 146%
Dennis Publishing’s new men’s title Stuff is in the shops today * Dennis Magazine Details Emerge, claiming to herald a new genre of magazine combining the content of both a lifestyle and special interest title.Stuff is a mine of information about all those things that men supposedly need to buy, and probably need advice in… Continue reading First Issue Review: Stuff
London News Radio will be relaunching its FM service this week as News Direct 97.3FM in a move which mirrors the AM station’s change of identity to LBC 1152 AM *LBC To Return.News Direct will also offer a new concept in UK radio with a “tune-in, tune-out” schedule which means that set programmes will occur… Continue reading LNR Gets Relaunch
Wagadon, publisher of Arena and The Face, is planning a new women’s title for next year which it says will be “the most exciting women’s magazine launch of the decade”. Though the company is reluctant to announce details, a source told Newsline that it will be a monthly “Arena-type title for women” which has an… Continue reading Wagadon Planning Women’s Title
The National Advertisers Benevolent Society has launched its Internet site at http://www.nabs.org.uk/ which can be accessed via the Media Village.The site, designed and created by MediaTel, will enable NABS to promote its services and fundraising activities to a wider audience alongside other industry bodies and associations which already have a presence on the web. On… Continue reading NABS Launch Internet Site
